[R-sig-Geo] Converting kml to shape (readOGR)

[Henk Sierdsema]

Hi Juliane,

I have found an Arcview3-extension that converts kml to shapes (http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=14988) and that works fine. But it would like to solve the problem in the scripting-environment of R.

Henk

PS: the kml-files were made with Google Earth.

 

Henk Sierdsema

SOVON Vogelonderzoek Nederland / SOVON Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology

Rijksstraatweg 178
6573 DG  Beek-Ubbergen
The Netherlands
tel: +31 (0)24 6848145
fax: +31 (0)24 6848122



-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Juliane Struve [mailto:juliane_struve at yahoo.co.uk]
Verzonden: dinsdag 6 januari 2009 12:26
Aan: Henk Sierdsema
Onderwerp: Re: [R-sig-Geo] Converting kml to shape (readOGR)


Hi,

I know this does not answer your question directly, but have you tried converting your kml file using the Data Interoperability extension in ArcGIS ? This is supposed to be possible. I can't activate that extension so can't try it. But I'd be interested to know if it works. 

Also the shape2earth plugin in MapWindows apparently converts shape to kml files, but can it convert kml to shape ? 

Regards,

Juliane 


 Dr. Juliane Struve
Environmental Scientist
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01344 620811 



----- Original Message ----
From: Henk Sierdsema <Henk.Sierdsema at sovon.nl>
To: r-sig-geo at stat.math.ethz.ch
Sent: Tuesday, 6 January, 2009 11:43:08
Subject: [R-sig-Geo] Converting kml to shape (readOGR)

Hi,

I've been trying to convert a vector kml-file to an ESRI shape with readOGR(), but I don't manage to read the kml-file. Can anyone help me with this? 

Thnx,

Henk Sierdsema


SOVON Vogelonderzoek Nederland / SOVON Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology

Rijksstraatweg 178
6573 DG  Beek-Ubbergen
The Netherlands
tel: +31 (0)24 6848145
fax: +31 (0)24 6848122

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